What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist (Assay Development/LCMS/Cell Based Assay/HTS) position at Systems Ally?
Position Title: Scientist I (contractor)
Location/Site: LC/AP - Onsite
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
- Experience with biochemical assay development
- Working knowledge of Mass spectrometry
- Preferred: cell culture
- Preferred: automation
Manager Updates
- Developing assays for LCMS is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree with 3 yrs exp needed
- Experience in cell culture and cell-based assay
- Computational skills enabling automated data acquisition and analysis
- Mass Spectrometry exp is helpful
- Exp with drug discovery is helpful
- Wet Lab skills is a must have
- Running Mass Spectrometer assays
- Running High throughput assays
- Working in high through put background exp
- Lab work 90% of the time
- Working on Mass Spectrometry based assays
- Assay Development experience and Running Assays in lab setting
- HTS experience
- Master’s degree will work
- Cell based assays exp is a plus
- Some programming background will be helpful
Top skills
- Preferred: cell culture (Not a must have)
- Working knowledge of Mass spectrometry
- Assay Development (biochemical Assays)
- HTS
- Preferred: automation (Not a must have)
Description
- We are seeking a highly talented and motivated Scientist I to join our Molecular Screening and Characterization group.
- The MSC group focuses on assay development, optimization, and execution of in vitro biochemical and cell based screens in collaboration with multiple therapeutic areas.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for executing robust in vitro screens (biochemical and cell-based) and delivering high quality data utilizing high-throughput mass spectrometry as well as common HTS tools.
- In this role, the Scientist will work closely with MSC and project team members to implement in vitro screening strategies as part of the overall project plan.
- The candidate should play an active role in communicating and collaborating with scientists across Client to advance projects through day to day interactions, presentation of data, and interpretation of results.
- The Scientist must be capable of working independently while contributing and participating in a team environment and must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
Qualification:
- Master’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, or related field with 0-2 years of prior experience in a drug discovery laboratory setting working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, or related field with 3-5 years of prior experience in a drug discovery laboratory setting working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Strong scientific foundation in the understanding and implementation of a wide range of biochemical and cell-based assays and readouts
- Working knowledge of mass spectrometry
- Able to think critically and creatively across multiple disciplines and have demonstrated the ability to solve research problems with experience in assay development, optimization, and troubleshooting
- Adaptability and the ability to rapidly learn new technologies
- Able to analyze and report data concisely and ability to multi-task and successfully interact with a diverse team of scientists to deliver results meeting the needs of various stakeholder groups
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with LC-MS
- Computational skills enabling automated data acquisition and analysis, and familiarity with related software applications (MS Access, Spotfire)
- Experience in cell culture and cell-based assay
- Familiarity in the use of automation and HTS instrumentation
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $34.00 - $36.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- biochemical assay development: 3 years (Preferred)
- LCMS: 3 years (Preferred)
- Cell based assay: 1 year (Preferred)
- cell culture: 3 years (Preferred)
- HTS (high-throughput screening): 3 years (Preferred)
- drug discovery: 3 years (Preferred)
- Running Assays in lab setting: 3 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- North Chicago, IL 60064 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $34 - $36
